Ama
#6,836 most common girls' name of all time · #11,506 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1885–2025
Rank among girls
#6,836
Rank overall
#11,506 of 105,966
First appeared
1885
Years on the list
97 of 146
All-time
1,050
Since 2016
181
Peak year
2019 #5,170
Best rank
#912 1885
Girls
Boys
peak 25/yr
Ama first appears in 1885. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,508 |
| 2024 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,407 |
| 2023 | 21 | — | 21 | #5,766 |
| 2022 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,243 |
| 2021 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,427 |
| 2020 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,421 |
| 2019 | 25 | — | 25 | #5,170 |
| 2018 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,262 |
| 2017 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,301 |
| 2016 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,261 |
| 2015 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,460 |
| 2014 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,316 |
| 2013 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,739 |
| 2012 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,889 |
| 2011 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,397 |
| 2010 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,814 |
| 2009 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,394 |
| 2008 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,755 |
| 2007 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,535 |
| 2006 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,883 |
| 2005 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,608 |
| 2004 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,291 |
| 2003 | 16 | — | 16 | #6,907 |
| 2002 | 11 | — | 11 | #8,862 |
| 2001 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,753 |
| 2000 | 15 | — | 15 | #6,824 |
| 1999 | 16 | — | 16 | #6,205 |
| 1998 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,129 |
| 1997 | 17 | — | 17 | #5,639 |
| 1996 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,414 |
| 1995 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,561 |
| 1994 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,702 |
| 1993 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,539 |
| 1992 | 17 | — | 17 | #5,501 |
| 1991 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,321 |
| 1990 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,494 |
| 1989 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,898 |
| 1988 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,731 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,405 |
| 1986 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,782 |
| 1985 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,374 |
| 1984 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,930 |
| 1983 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,169 |
| 1981 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,188 |
| 1980 | 19 | — | 19 | #4,008 |
| 1979 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,790 |
| 1978 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,997 |
| 1977 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,240 |
| 1976 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,353 |
| 1975 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,015 |
| 1974 | 12 | — | 12 | #4,759 |
| 1973 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,903 |
| 1972 | 13 | — | 13 | #4,322 |
| 1971 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,446 |
| 1970 | 5 | — | 5 | #8,082 |
| 1968 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,313 |
| 1956 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,034 |
| 1949 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,319 |
| 1945 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,636 |
| 1940 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,439 |
| 1939 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,331 |
| 1938 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,511 |
| 1937 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,334 |
| 1935 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1933 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,287 |
| 1932 | 6 | — | 6 | #3,975 |
| 1931 | 10 | — | 10 | #2,798 |
| 1930 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,722 |
| 1929 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,622 |
| 1928 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,216 |
| 1927 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,322 |
| 1926 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,928 |
| 1925 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1924 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,834 |
| 1923 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,027 |
| 1922 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,510 |
| 1921 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,984 |
| 1920 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,620 |
| 1919 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,675 |
| 1918 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,412 |
| 1917 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,721 |
| 1916 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,276 |
| 1915 | 10 | — | 10 | #2,723 |
| 1914 | 7 | — | 7 | #2,938 |
| 1912 | 8 | — | 8 | #2,199 |
| 1911 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,549 |
| 1910 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,474 |
| 1907 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,135 |
| 1905 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,004 |
| 1904 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,727 |
| 1901 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,393 |
| 1899 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,674 |
| 1895 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,674 |
| 1894 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,298 |
| 1893 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,512 |
| 1891 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,417 |
| 1885 | 7 | — | 7 | #912 |